The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"Mom, are you alright?" How could she forget something that happened not too long ago? She wasn't muddled out of shock, right? Lanni was worried, especially knowing that some people reacted that way to trauma or shock. Could it be...

Li Yuming let out a long sigh. "Let's forget about it. Anyway, what are you girls up to? We should be thinking of a way to get Luna out of there." 

In the past month that Xia Luna had stayed in Li Yuming's villa, the two had grown quite close. It was no wonder Li Yuming couldn't bear to let her go to prison. 

Lanni was happy that finally someone had the same thought as her. She shifted her position so she was looking at Li Yuming and quickly said, "I have a foolproof idea." 

"What?" Li Yuming and Cheng Yu both looked at her and asked. 

"To replace Luna. I will find a way to knock her out and drag her out of there. Then I will replace her." She explained her plan in all seriousness. 

"And then what? Go to prison on her behalf? I understand that you love your sister but I am not going to let that happen." Li Yuming glared at her. 

"Who said anything about going to prison on her behalf? Of course not. I will let them know that they have the wrong person. I can say I got knocked out and when I woke up, I was in jail.  Then they will have to free me and we will hide Luna." 

"Then Luna will be what she has been for the past year—a wanted criminal." Li Yuming sighed, and Lanni bit her lip. Indeed, it was a stupid idea. It wouldn't even work.

"But what are we going to do?" 

"We are going to do what we did before. We will find the evidence to prove her innocence." Li Yuming declared determinedly. 

However, that was easier said than done. Five days passed, and they had not even found a single lead. 

The Jiangs had also been working their butts off but they had not found a single clue either. Not even Ji Xiehan, who had tried to retrieve the evidence by hacking had achieved any progress. Hence, they couldn't stop the court from giving a verdict. 

Luna was pronounced guilty and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. 

Lanni was in disbelief. How could one girl outwit everyone? She had deleted those videos and files and no one had managed to retrieve them no matter how hard they tried. That wasn't what bugged Lanni the most. It was the fact that her sister was now in prison. It was hard to bear but there was nothing more she could do about it. 

No matter what it was, she hoped Luna had done what she did for a good reason. 

_

11th November.

Life had to go on. On one hand, there was no use dwelling on the past. On the other hand, Lanni had a feeling she might be able to help Luna if she recovered her memory. Staying in prison for twenty years when one didn't commit a crime was hectic. 

Hence Lanni wanted to recover her memory—her identity, and do what she could. 

That afternoon, she had an appointment with Han Xichen. Ji Xiehan was busy in Feng Ji International, so this time she went on her own. Unlike the last time, she was no longer scared this time. 

…

A scene appeared in Lanni's mind. 

She was standing in front of a middle-aged woman as she patted her head.

"Don't worry. The first mission is usually the hardest. You may have failed, but you became stronger." The woman coaxed. 

"Thanks Miss Nila. But I still feel bad about it. I got discovered and Flynn had to save me. If they were not drunk, I would be dead." Lanni was disappointed in herself. 

"Phoenix, there is no such thing as 'if'. Once something happens, it has happened. It's gone and will not rewind." The woman said to Lanni.

The present Lanni was shocked. Phoenix? 

So that was where the alias came from. It was from that organization… no wonder Li Yuming lied to her when she asked about it. 

"Come. I will teach you how to write an article

"Alright." Lanni followed her into her office, wondering what made Miss Nila think that she didn't know how to write an article. 

However, it was not any normal article. On the surface, it was indeed a normal story or piece of news. However, there were hidden pieces of information in it and only the writer would be able to tell. 

"What a brilliant way of storing information." Lanni exclaimed. 

"Of course. You see, keys can be copied, passcodes can be cracked and people can even temper with biometric censors. That's why we use all those other forms of security but still keep our doc.u.ments this way." 

Lanni nodded in understanding. 

The scene shifted, and Lanni was with that woman again. 

"Your new mission is to investigate two families. The first one is the Li family." The woman declared. 

Lanni's eyes went wide as her jaw dropped. "My own family?!" 

"Of course not." The woman seemed to have had fun messing with her. "The person you will be investigating is Li Xiyan." 

"I see." Lanni was relieved. 

"The other family you will investigate is the Xia family." 

"What? Why would I…" 

The woman didn't seem to know why Lanni was protesting, so she cut her off. "Xia Hanchen is her husband, so he might be involved too—though I hope he isn't. You have to investigate them both." 

"What am I investigating?" Lanni questioned. 

"Li Xiyan comes from a family of renown doctors and they major innthe field of manufacturing medicine. However, they have been making medicines that are banned because they are harmful to human health. You have to investigate Li Xiyan in two months." 

"This…" Lanni was hesitant. 

"You chose to be here, Phoenix. So you must complete your mission as assigned." Miss Nila interrupted. "Besides, you are Li Xiyan's stepdaughter, aren't you? That makes it easier for you to investigate her." 

Lanni nodded and left her office after taking up the mission. 

_ 

The present Lanni was surprised. So that was why she was investigating Li Xiyan. It turned out that woman was dangerous in every way, even in her profession. 

She figured Li Xiyan usually did all of this in private because it was illegal. But what did she do during the day anyway? Saunter around and curse at Li Yuming for remaining deeply rooted in Xia Hanchen's mind? 

Lanni didn't remember anything else before she fell asleep. When she woke up, her head didn't hurt as much as it did the last time. 

"I guess you are recovering more and more of your memory." Han Xichen said when Lanni woke up. "You only need one or two more sessions to figure out all of your past. On a side note, if I may be audacious to ask…" 

Lanni raised an eyebrow, silently giving him permission to ask whatever he wanted to ask. 

"Did you really lose your memory in a car accident? From my experience, it seems to be different. I've had a patient before, and they were forced to forget their past for their parents' selfish reasons and ended up living a lie. No matter how many times they were hypnotized, she would remember nothing..." 

Lanni smiled. If he said this the last time, she might have been shocked or eveen offended.  But since she already knew the truth, she was unaffected. "Trust me, it's alright." 

Han Xichen did not dwell on it anymore. "When will you come for the next session?" 

"I don't know." Lanni thought about it. "In two weeks to one month. I will notify you beforehand." 

The man nodded and watched her as she left. How beautiful… Ji Xiehan must have saved the world in his previous life to date such a beauty in this life. 

_ 

When she left Han Xichen's office, Lanni had a better understanding of herself. The organisation she was working for—or at least training at—was an undercover agency. She was an undercover journalist in training, and one of her training missions was to investigate Li Xiyan. 

Now she knew why Li Xiyan hated her so much. It must be because she found out that Lanni was investigating her. That, and the fact that Lanni was Li Yuming's and Xia Hanchen's daughter. 

Lanni was just leaving the hospital when she bumped into something firm, a man's sturdy chest. 

She looked up with a frown and was surprised when she saw the handsome man looking back at her. He had his brown hair in a ponytail, his thin lips curled into a smirk and his gaze on her was as mocking as always. He looked unpredictable even with a slight smirk pasted on his face. It was the same face she had seen in dreams and when hypnotized. 

"Flynn?" 

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